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Financial News has attempted to shine a light on the detail behind the names included in the latest batch of managing directors at US bank Morgan Stanley, which last week handed 144 staff from across its businesses the title of MD – the fewest since 2008.

The number of new MDs was down almost a third on last year, when 210 were promoted. It is the lowest number since the bank named 133 new MDs in 2008.

Congratulations to those who made this year's list, which is published in full below.

The information below was gathered from various publicly-available sources, including the Internet, LinkedIn, Morgan Stanley's website and our own archive. Financial News has endeavoured to ensure the information is accurate as far as possible.

• The class of 2013

Hugh Abdullah – Joined Morgan Stanley in 2010 to run the bank’s Asian capital introduction effort

Maxence Mesny – A London-based banker in the financial institutions group, Mesny was on the Morgan Stanley team that advised the London Stock Exchange on its acquisition of a majority stake in LCH.Clearnet last year